by The Legend » Oct 21, '13, 5:00 am
I don't think so. 15 years ago maybe, but in today's NFL with the rules there to support offense and punish defense teams with quarterbacks get the job done and teams without do not. Pop quiz what quarterback does Alex Smith basically share a completion percentage with? Answer: Brandon Weeden. Still like your odds of that working?
If you have a decent offense and a great defense then you are on to something, but I don't think the Chiefs even have that. Also, look at who the Chiefs have actually played this season. Jacksonville (28-2), Dallas (17-16), Philly (26-16), Giants (31-7), Tennessee (26-17, after Locker injury), Oakland (24-7) and Houston (17-16). The Cowboys are the only team that will most likely make the playoffs out of that bunch and that's only because of a pitiful division.
Denver has beaten Baltimore and Dallas both. Plus, look at the potential matchups they will have to play. I still believe that Denver wins the division and gets home field which means KC will have to play either New England, Cincy or Indy in the WC round and I don't think there's any drop off in talent there.
The other problem a defensive team has is that they play low scoring games, low scoring games inherently are closer games so the Chiefs are most likey to be in a game decided by one score, which means a quick mistake could swing the game away from them.
Also, the Packers that year lost to the Giants who were quarterbacked by Eli Manning. Eli > Alex Smith and they lost 37-20. They were 1 and done because the Giants were a team with a defense and great QB play. The Chiefs don't have great QB play.
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